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widlian

(v.)
Grammar
widlian, p. ode
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Se ðe mid ǽnige unclǽne þinge sý besmiten . . . béte hé be ðæs widlodes mǽðe (juxta pollutionis gradum), L. Ecg. P. addit. 10; Th. ii. 234, 2

biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 62. bitter to the mind, painful Þá geogoðlustas him swíþe bitere þencaþ, Bl.

Linked entry: biter-nes

cyrten

(adj.)
Grammar
cyrten, adj.
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Add: comely in person Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor . . . þonne se man gewilnað þæt hé sý cyrten, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó duste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29. Heó ( Esther ) wæs on wæstme cyrten, Hml.

deór-wyrþe

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Add: of persons, of great worth, excellent, noble Dionisius se deórwurða martyr, Hml. S. 29, 6. Dauid se deórwurða sealmwirhta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 5. of things, of great value, precious, costly Deórwurde wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel palla, Wrt.

dyrstig-ness

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Se synfulla man ... þe geþristlǽcð tó mæssianne ... and wát hine sylfne tó fúlne ... his dyrstignes dereð him sylfum, Wlfst. 34, 18. Temeritas, þæt is dyrstignys, 52, 20. Temeritas, ꝥ is dyselic dyrstignys, Angl. xi. 109, 41: Hml.

ealdor-scipe

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Se biscop is geset tó máran bletsunge ðonne se mæssepreóst . . . Preóstum gedafenað for ðám ealdorscípe ꝥ hí heora biscope beón underþeódde, Ll. Th. ii. 378, 25: Hml. Th. i. 344, 32. Petre þæne ealdorscipe hé ǽrest betǽhte, Wlfst. 176, 14.

eást-weard

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Z. 225, 9. defining direction of motion Gewende se here eástweard intó Frommúðan, Chr. 998; P. 131, 12.

ge-hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlinian, ge-hleonian; p. ode.
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of a person, to recline, rest, sit at table ðe gehlinað (-hlionað, R.) . . . ðe gehrestað (gihlionað, R.) qui recumbit . . . qui recumbit Lk. L. 22, 27. Gehlionade discubuit, 7, 36: recubuit II, 37.

ge-síþcund

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Add: in a general sense, gentle by birth, gentle in contrast with simple Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu ꝥ geþeóð ꝥ hí swá micel landes habban, siþþan bið se ofsprinc gesíðcundes cynnes be twám þúsendum, Ll. Th. i. 188, ll.

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17.

heáh-geréfa

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D. ii. 292, 34. rendering foreign titles Olibrius se heáhgeréfa ( praefectus, 209, 41), Hml. A. 171, 51. Ǽghwilc heáhgeréfa on Iúdéum, Bl. H. 177, 14. Ðæs cáseres heáhgeréfa, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 29.

raþe

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Se óðer leorningcniht cóm raðor tó ðǽre byrgenne alius discipulus uenit primus ad monumentum, Jn. 20, 4. Ꝥ se rǽdere hig mage þe raðor gemétan, Angl. viii. 333, 15. Ne cwǽde ic þeáh ná ðe raðor 'Genóh', Solil. H. 17, 5.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Hé sende him gelóme sanda and éstas, ac se cniht forseah þá sanda and drencas, Hml. S. 35, 56

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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Roman Se Rómánisca cásere Octavianus, Homl. Th. i. 30, 1. Se Rómánisca here, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 33. Man Rómánisces cynnes, 1, 16; S. 484,18. On ðære hálgan Rómánisce cyricean, 1, 27; S. 489, 33. Fram ðam Rómániscan Pápan, 2, 20; S. 522, 19.

healdend

(n.)
Grammar
healdend, es; m.

One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler

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Se hálga healdend and wealdend the holy preserver and ruler, Andr. Kmbl. 450; An. 225. Se healdend the ruler, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 17; Gen. 2161.

BREGO

(n.)
Grammar
BREGO, bregu, brega, breogo; indecl. m.

A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus

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Se brega mǽra the great prince, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note. Beorna breogo the king of men. Andr. Kmbl. 609; An. 305

Linked entries: brega bregu breogo

of-dæle

(n.)
Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.

A downward slope, descent, inclineat ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montisdownwards.

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MS.) giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse they will not dam up their minds, as one banks up a deep pool, but he lets his mind flow away to the downward slope of carelessness and folly; quia (anima) se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se inferius

Linked entries: -dæle æf-dæl

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicateinebriare

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to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate Se ðe þurh fácn óðerne oferdrencþ inebriaverit fæste .xl. daga, L. Ecg. P. iv. 37; Th. ii, 214, 20: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps.

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory,glorious

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Ongietan tírfæst tácen ðæt se torhta fugel þurh bryne beácnaþ, 236, 14; Ph. 574. Fyrd, tírfæstra getrum, Menol. Fox 523; Gn. C. 32

stæf-gefég

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-gefég, es; n.

a combination of lettersa forming of letters in writing

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A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég. Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc., Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 4-11.